Communication and cultural barriers speed spread of the virus in one Central California community.
Community & Public Health
On August 27, the small Samoan church of about 200 parishioners in North Long Beach held its first ever triple funeral service.
"Nearly every disabled person I’ve talked with has their own stories of pain and discrimination," says radio producer Christopher Egusa. "The dismissal and invisibility are common experiences."
Stories of three families weighing fact against fiction as they see it and deciding what is best for them.
Antibodies wane with time, but other layers of cell defenses remain ready to deploy, panelists explain.
A reporter pivots between experts and data to try to understand why still so little is known about premature births.
When Dr. Josh Bamberger was starting his medical career in the Tenderloin, he wished he could offer something more to his sickest homeless patients. Now he can.
Church leaders spearhead efforts to protect South Sacramento's African American residents.
Dana Ullman is reporting on health-related stories for The Mendocino Voice with support from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. This article was produced as a series for the 2021 Center for Health Journalism California Fellowship....
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